Seal Beach, California
April 4, 2023
The City Council met in a special meeting session at 9:00 a.m. at Fire Station #48 Community Room at 3131 North Gate Road in Seal Beach.
Mayor Moore opened the Strategic Planning Workshop by welcoming staff and the public.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Moore
Council Members: Kalmick, Landau, Steele, Sustarsic
City Staff: Nicholas Ghirelli, City Attorney
Jill R. Ingram, City Manager
Patrick Gallegos, Assistant City Manager
Michael Henderson, Chief of Police
Joe Bailey, Chief, Marine Safety Department
Iris Lee, Director of Public Works
Alexa Smittle, Director of Community Development
Barbara Arenado, Director of Finance/City Treasurer
Craig Covey, Orange County Fire Authority, Fire Division Chief Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk
Facilitators: Rick Haydon, Special Advisor, Baker Tilly Carol Jacobs, Managing Director, Baker Tilly
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mayor Moore opened oral communications. Speakers: Catherine Showalter and Pete Arnold. Mayor Moore closed oral communications.
Mayor Moore welcomed everyone and thanked Baker Tilly, staff, and the public for taking time out of their busy schedules to discuss the goals for FY 2023-24.
City Manager Ingram welcomed City Council and noted that City staff would be arriving at 10:30am. She acknowledged her gratitude for the Council’s continued support and ongoing commitment to the strategic planning process that was instituted 12 years ago after being appointed City Manager.
City Manager Ingram introduced Baker Tilly’s Special Advisor, Rick Haydon, and Managing Director, Carol Jacobs. She noted that Rick and Carol have an incredible amount of expertise and credibility and noted that this is Rick’s fourth time leading the City through the Strategic Planning process. She also noted that Rick and Carol are retired city managers and understand the dynamics of working with Council Members and know the partnership required to work with the executive management team.
City Manager Ingram acknowledged Matthew Hogan and Tim Stansbury from Seal Beach SBTV-3 and indicated that the audio from the meeting would be uploaded to the City’s website and encouraged Council to notify and encourage their constituents to listen to the audio recording.
Lastly, City Manager Ingram acknowledged and thanked Executive Assistant to the City Manager Megan Coats for all her hard work leading up to the workshop and today.
Facilitator Rick Haydon gave a brief overview of the agenda for the day and called upon City Clerk Harper to review the City’s Civility Principles.
City Clerk Harper restated the City’s Civility Principles as a reminder to be mindful of the City Choose Civility Principles and Policies approved by the City Council.
Civility Principles:
1. Treat everyone courteously; and,
2. Listen to others respectfully; and,
3. Exercise self-control; and,
4. Give open-minded consideration to all viewpoints; and,
5. Focus on the issues and avoid personalizing debate; and,
6. Embrace respectful disagreement and dissent as democratic rights, inherent components of an inclusive public process, and tools for forging sound decisions.
Facilitator Rick Haydon continued with the overview of the agenda and announced the ground rules before proceeding with the workshop.
Workshop Objectives:
• Review key accomplishments and challenges
• Establish Council priorities for FY 2023-24
• Welcome and Call the Meeting to Order
• Public Comments
• Comments from Mayor Thomas Moore
• Comments from City Manager Jill Ingram
• Review Today’s Agenda
• Discuss Effective Governance and Governing Norms
• Review Key Accomplishments and Challenges
• Introduction and Context for Priority Setting Discussions • Discuss and Establish Top Priorities for FY 2023-24
• Wrap up and next steps
Rick Haydon and Carol Jacobs facilitated the Strategic Planning Workshop and discussions between the Council and staff, that resulted in the establishment of top priorities for FY 2023-24.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Moore adjourned the meeting at 3:51 p.m.
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Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk
Approved: ___________________________
Thomas Moore, Mayor
Attested: ______________________
Gloria D. Harper, City Clerk